Alabama 3-How Can I Protect You chords

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Absolute class of a song from a class band.If you like "punk rock blues, country techno
acid house Marxist-Leninist electro funk" - these are top of the pile!
This sounds ok to the version on Hits and Exit wounds which samples the Aslan original
Capo 2nd Fret
Intro
CC/DCDmFF7FCC/DC
Improvise with C/D and F7 when palting these chords - C/D by taking the middle finger
off in the C chord and little finger off in the F chord, seems to sound ok. Use this
across the song
Verse 1
C
She got a compact mirror
stole it off her mother
Dm
she got her daddy's overnight traveling bag
F
Husband told her if you wanna leave home honey
CC/DC
you ain't ever ever ever, ever welcome back"
CC/D
and now she's down at the station,
C
baby in her belly
Dm
kickin' gentle momma chilled to the max
F
she got a one way ticket, goin'cross the border
C
for her hopes and all her dreams
rollin down the train tracks, yeah
Chorus
CDm
how can I protect you in this crazy world
F
it's alright yeah
CC/DC
it's alright
Verse 2
C
from two to nine you work for five-a-dime
start the night with some thunderbird wine
Dm
praise the lord for those neon lights that'a
keep the city burnin' bright all night
F
walkin' in the park in the midnight rain
swear to yourself that ya gonna change
C
ain't gonna crash, ain't gonna burn, ain't gonna take no wrong turn
CC/DC
feel so alone, so you telephone, ya
C/DC
call collect ain't nobody home
Dm
you ain't suprised though you wonder why your letters come back unopened
FF7F
so you hit the strip with your freak flag high an'
forget about the tears in your daddy's eyes
C
momma don't worry if the waters rise
- No chord
don't ever let my drink run dry till the sunshine
Chrous
CC/DCDm
how can I protect you in this crazy world?
F
it's alright yeah
C
it's alright
(middle 8)
Am
and when the talkin's over
C
all the crowd have gone
Dm
there's nothing left I can do
F
how'm I ever gonna get through to you?
C
Its alright
Chorus x 2
CC/DCDm
how can I protect you in this crazy world?
F
it's alright yeah
C
it's alright (*REPEAT)
(Play Out)
CC/DC
its alright
Dm
its alright
FF7F
its alriight yeah
CC/DC
Its alright
Repeat to fade